冇衣食

Chinese

		not have (Cantonese)	food and clothing; basic everyday necessities; means of subsistence
simp. and trad. (冇衣食)		冇	衣食

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶
  - Yale: móuh yī sihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yi¹ xig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/

Adjective

冇衣食

(Cantonese, concerning food) wasteful

乜你咁冇衣食㗎，淨返一啖仔飯都唔食埋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
乜你咁冇衣食㗎，净返一啖仔饭都唔食埋。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Mat¹ nei⁵ gam³ mou⁵ ji¹ sik⁶ gaa³, zeng⁶ faan¹ jat¹ daam⁶ zai² faan⁶ dou¹ m⁴ sik⁶ maai⁴. [Jyutping]
You're so wasteful. There's just a little mouthful of rice left, but you didn't finish it.

Antonyms

有衣食

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